Proposed programme plan of the Economic Commission for Africa for 2021: part V regional cooperation for development foreword

Abstract

ECA is focused on creating a prosperous future, both by generating ideas and transforming those ideas into actions that will deliver results and change lives. We do this by leveraging our core functions as a think-tank (generating innovative yet practical ideas to address major challenges); as a convener (providing a platform for consultations and building consensus on regional solutions); and as an operator (supporting our member State partners as they implement solutions to their development challenges). ECA, guided by its five strategic directions, the joint African Union-United Nations Framework, and the newly formed issue-based coalitions, will leverage partnerships within and across the United Nations and the global development system to support countries in achieving their development objectives, underpinned by a focused work programme that emphasizes macroeconomic governance, private-sector development, technology, data and statistics, climate change, poverty and inequality, gender equality and regional integration